26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Focused Passage
Proverbs 22:26-27
A Good Name, Humility, Training, Justice for the Poor, and the Words of the Wise
The chapter moves from reputation and humility, to training and generosity, to discipline and oppression, then into a formal instruction section that calls the learner to receive the words of the wise, protect the poor, avoid anger-shaped companionship, reject rash financial pledges, honor inherited boundaries, and pursue skilled work.
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Verse 26
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Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb be תְּהִ֥י H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular one who gives pledges בְתֹֽקְעֵי־ H8628 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct . . . כָ֑ף H3709 Noun - feminine singular who puts up security בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים H6148 Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural for debts מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃ H4859 Noun - feminine plural
Verse 27
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If אִם־ H518 Conjunction you have nothing אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb with which לְךָ֥ Preposition | second person masculine singular to pay לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם H7999 Preposition | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct why לָ֥מָּה H4100 Interrogative should your bed מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ H4904 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular be taken יִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular from under you מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃ H8478 Preposition | Preposition | second person masculine singular